A nice example of devotion in action; their temple is clean and beautiful and the devotees appear devout and dedicated and faithful. This video is included here for the edification and education of our members, and is not a faith or interfaith endorsement. One can see that awe and reverence, santa rasa, and dasya rasa, in which they glorify and serve God is a dominant mood. They are lacking the concept of god-head however, which includes all living and nonliving beings etc. Thus, as kanistha level devotees, they do not fully grasp the extent of God and His nature, but accept a Paternal image. That is a good start, and many advance towards pure devotional service following this Christian path, but unless they recognize that even the animals are also godhead, then they will eat them and their karma deter their spiritual progress in the quality of mercy, for example.
You will be surprised to learn that this face of ?Jesus is actually the face of one of the greatest Roman emperor despots, who had all the religious icons in his realm made with his face, and that has stuck. This happened in the middle ages. Sorry i cannot recall his name just now, but one day before long i will recover the material and post it here.
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You will be surprised to learn that this face of ?Jesus is actually the face of one of the greatest Roman emperor despots, who had all the religious icons in his realm made with his face, and that has stuck. This happened in the middle ages. Sorry i cannot recall his name just now, but one day before long i will recover the material and post it here.